the brady bunch...

so... sick of posting pix of the boy and girl... here's another superhero... hunter's friend...errr... competitor... brady. hunter is getting his pre-school checkup / review this week, and as fate has it, so is brady. we must crush brady. we will destroy him and his ilk. his parents. vis a vis his progeny (ok, i know his parents are the anti-progeny, or post-progeny but that line from 'o brother where art thou' is too good to not use when i veer near any family lineage topics) we must distract him during the hopping and skipping portion of the test. whisper random numbers at him when he's trying to count to 20. cough loudly when he's saying his ABCs. bump into his arm during the long essay portion of the test. turn off his scientific calculator during the calculus portion. (hey, it's woodbury... we have high standards for 4 yr old school entrance exams). actually, hunter has already passed out of the calculus portion... he'll be taking the "diff eq" math test.

oh, brady's nice and all that... but, it's because of kids like brady that they have to put warning labels on the capes, stating "Cape does not allow user to fly". hey, i'm just saying. and the woodbury testing board may be getting some anonymous 'tips' about how brady *really* is when he's not in his lil 3-piece suit, w/ cute lil briefcase at his side, hair slicked back for the interview, resume and work portfolio in hand, being all polite and such...





so... stay tuned... i'll give an update.. well, umm... assuming hunter is at least in the top 95% percentile... and no pressure, tony/amy, but... hunter has been studying half his life for this... of course, we had to lock him up and chain him to his desk, but he seems to enjoy it... so, marsha-brady... watch your back... and bring extra calculator batteries... and eat a protein diet, not that it'll help...

what the L? the year that was...

so, the 63 slide mcpuff powerpoint summary of '06 has been presented to the wife (whaaaa? everyone doesn't do a 63 slide summary of the last years goals, investments, spending, weights, asset allocations, gas/electric usage, predictions, etc? w/ slide animations, background music, and dramatic 12 section summaries?). i still have my 69 goals i want to do before i'm wormfood... created in '86, updated in '91, '97, and '05... so so far... of the updated 69 '05 goals, i've accomplished 30 of em, 35 left to do, and 4 can only be decided after i'm gone from this orb... (e.g. #48, "never get arrested[ahem...again...nah, just kiddin]") anyway, here's just 2 teaser slides, to see the anal-retentiveness that you're missing from the full, unbowdlerized powerpoint version... who's your doggy?

get your shine on...